INDIAN PENAL CODE
69: Termination Of
Imprisonment On Payment Of Proportional Part Of Fine::--If, before the expiration of the term of imprisonment fixed
in default of payment, such a proportion of the fine be paid or levied that the
term of imprisonment suffered in default of payment is not less than
proportional to the part of the fine still unpaid, the imprisonment shall
terminate.
Illustration
A is sentenced to a
fine of one hundred rupees and to four months’ imprisonment in default of
payment. Here, if seventy five rupees of the fine be paid or levied before the
expiration of one month of the imprisonment A will be discharged as soon as the
first month has expired. If seventy five rupees be paid or levied at the time
of the expiration of the first month, or at any later time while A continues in
imprisonment. A will be immediately discharged. If fifty rupees of the fine be
paid or levied before the expiration of two months of the imprisonment, A will
be discharged as soon as two months are completed. If fifty rupees be paid or
levied at the time of the expiration of those two months, or at any later time
while A continues in imprisonment, A will be immediately discharged.
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